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40 minutes to do a kilo of chips!

Jeeeez, I would die of starvation.

[Rik]

That's what we thought, In. They have to be very regular (10x10x90mm from memory), thoroughly washed, then absolutely dry etc - with a massive cooking time to follow. After which you strip down the machine and clean it. We decided to settle for less chips, but 'real' ones.

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Oh bugger that for a game of soldiers, it would be quicker to drive 6 miles to my nearest chippy.

[Rik]

Yup...

[Inactive]

Sounds like the kind of thing that QVC sell, using 2 or 3 units, with the usual, here is one we did earlier routine !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rik]

They'd have to, In. The idea is good, but the practical application isn't there yet. I think people who buy one will soon relegate it to the back of the cupboard as being 'too fiddly'.

[Inactive]

A bit like their kettle that doesn't actually boil water then.

( link posted above ).

[Rik]

I'm not a great Tefal fan either - their 'lifetime guarantee' non-stick coatings seem to rely on people having very short lives. 

[Simon]

The point is, it doesn't *just* do chips.  I don't think I could be bothered with the manual chipping and drying thing, but it cooks frozen chips just as well, although admittedly, it does take a little time.  I only did a small portion, and it took about 22 minutes, which is about the same time as it would have done in the oven, without waiting for the oven to heat up first, but for two people, you would be looking at about 35 minutes.

Chicken nuggets = 12-15 mins
6 chicken breasts (750g) = 10-15 mins
Lamb / pork chops = about 20 mins
8 Sausages = 12 mins
Meatballs (12) = 18-20 mins
Scampi = 10 mins
Mushrooms (650g) = 15 mins

You are supposed to be able to do fruit in it too - Bananas, apples, cherries, strawberries, pears and pineapple are listed.

Cleaning is no more of an issue that any other cooking utilities, and the main drum that needs cleaning after each use, as you would a pan or an oven tray, can go in the dishwasher.

I haven't really played with it all that much at the moment, so it's difficult to give a full review, but on first impressions, it seems quite good.  Two things I would criticise - one is that during operation, it's quite noisy, and secondly, the timer alarm is quite quiet, and doesn't actually switch the thing off at the end of the time period.

[madasahatter]

Think I'll stick to my trusty old chip pan thanks 

[Rik]

We did.

[Inactive]

I will stick with my Deep Fat Fryer, but thanks for the info Simon.

[Colin Burns]

supose the question is did they fail because they failed to dectect vista suicide pack 1 as a virus

[Danni]

* Danni giggles

Avast isn't on there. I'm not quite sure if that's a good or a bad thing.